Jane Perrone's organic gardening blog

July 01, 2012

A photo a day Bedford: day 1 - water

I love my watering cans. The one on the left is a vintage "Beldray no 2" bought from the Bargain Alley junk shop on Castle Road for a fiver; the other two were gifts bought from new.

They may be heavy and bang my ankles, but they will last for years and I can leave them around the garden and they look all cool and vintagey. Although the hosepipe ban is over, I prefer to fill these cans from my water butts and use them to water the garden: it makes you think a lot harder about what needs watering when you have a heavy can to lug about!

In the shot below ("stick 'em up punk, we're the fun-lovin' water cans") the Beldray's in the middle.